Brazilian airlines have asked Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to allow 1,500 extra domestic flights between June 6 and July 20 to meet a huge increase in demand during the FIFA 2014 World Cup, which will be held between June 12 and July 13.
ANAC said it would give a final response to the airlines Jan. 15.
The World Cup will stage matches in 12 different cities and will swell traffic at 15 airports. The city pairs that are being considered for additional flights are ...